2 papers
stat.ME2025
Novel Tau-Informed Initialization for Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Copulas with Discrete Margins
Anna van Es, Eva Cantoni
We study Gaussian-copula models with discrete margins, with primary emphasis on low-count (Poisson) data. Our goal is exact yet computationally efficient maximum likelihood (ML) es…
stat.AP2025
A Single Index Approach to Integrated Species Distribution Modeling for Fisheries Abundance Data
Quan Vu, Francis K. C. Hui, A. H. Welsh +3
In fisheries ecology, species abundance data are often collected by multiple surveys, each with unique characteristics. This article is motivated by a dataset of Atlantic sea scall…